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the western carolinian tin i'uwitits not ni'l.t'ti fl'itti to the i'mlitn states bv rill non i'uiiiiiiiitki bv it to tin srtrits auk rksbkved rn iiii i tuts it v on in i in pboi'lk amendments to the constitution article x b austin & c f fisher ) editors and proprietors ) s no xl of vol 3 \ no from commenceme1 salisbury n c march 21 18 terms of carolinian the western carolinian is published every thuds v at two dollars per annum il paid in advance or ','â– Â«,'. d iltara and fiftj cente if nol paid before the ex piration of three months f|o paper will be discontinued until all arrearages ' , i iri unless al the discretion of lhe editors and a failure to notify the l.litors of o wish to discontinue at the end of n yenr will be considered as a now bu rn nt advertisements will be conspicuously nnd correctly |, nt one dollar per square for lhe lir-i inserl and 25 cents lor each continuance court and judi ial advertisements will be charged 25 por cenl moro lhan ihesbuve price a deduction nt 3j per cenl from lhe regular prices will be made to yearly advertisers advertisements s"iit in liir publication musl have lhe number ol limes marked on them ot ibey will be inser ted till forbid nnd charged for accordingly letters addressed lo tho bditors on business must be .,,â€ž, jiniil or ihey will not he attended to ble culuric none attacked none seemed to fear an oilier i saw several poisonous snakes ihtil were overtaken l.v the flumes on the hunk of ihe pool turn r inn i and wuh stupid rage attempt to fight with lho lire a thev fell ii burn their extremi ties ihey erected iheir blender forms opened their vviilo jaws cloy led their baneful fangs and dinted ni the ll s in a few momenta they were reduced tn black cinders just in time â€” a young physician having tried in vain to gel into practice ut insi lull upon the fol lowing expedient t set till ball to rolling ho sprang upon bis horse onco n day and drove at full speed through lhe village after an absence l un hour he would return and carry with hi in some of lus instruments â€” thinking if he could im press ins neighbors ivith ihe opinion lhat he had practice they would begin lo place confidence in ins ability a who who inure lhan suspected he leceil which he was practising determined to know lhe truth he accordingly kept lus horse in readi ness and the next lime that ihe doctor galloped by his door sprang nn lus steed nnd placed hnn self un the young gentleman's trail tho doctor saw the man following at his heels but did not at first evince nny uneasiness at length however lie thought it advisable lo turn down a narrow lane the pursuer followed on like nn evil genius bul the doctor was not discouraged us another road lay a short distance ahead ofnim down which ho turned the other kep close ut his heols and the doctor grow iinpulie ... lo return home there wns no bouse by the way al which he could afford any pretext for stopping iu the mean lime ins sniltlio linos tvero with him and be was otherwise equipped for business so thai he could nol return iu ihe face of his noigl hor without exposing the secrets of ibe t rude in the most palpable in tinner every bound of lus stood carried him further from his home mid the shades of night began to fall on hill and tower slill the sound of horse's hoofs wore thundering in lus rear anil ho mis driven to lus wit's end ; but just ns ho turned lho tingle nl'.i wood be henrd u low moan a man lay prostrate near the fence of a meadow and blood gushed from a fearful wound in bis nnn he hu,l cut un artery with his scythe nnd was in danger of immediate dissolution the young doctor sprang fiom bis horse nnd stanched lhe wound liiiii.bices were nppliod and his life saved the pursuer had tils thrown himself from ins horse and us ibe physi cian lied lhe lust bandage he looked up in lus fine and said â€” " how lucky neighbor that 1 wns ut.le to arrive just in lime tho wondering spectator was silent with awe and after assisting the wounded man home he told such n miraculous tale to the wondering villagers as secured to t lie young physician a reputation not only or skill but also for super natural prescience thus did the merest accident contribute more lo his advancement than years nf studious toil could have done ; and the impertinent curiosity of a wag gish neighbor opened for him a path to business which the most influential patronage might never have been able to provide ibr him useful books and il supporter nf lb public pioss which brings at his door lie newspaper which gives him the history of the world such n far mer at this vvill fuiiii his duties o ins country and lus follow men and is the happiest and ibe moat independent among the best ui men lie impossible to distinguish between t ihe politicnl acts of ibe officer so s former to penal restraints without in i the latter mill ihal it would ui elle live tin admitted right of iho go punish its officers for tin nbuso of t powers it inny bo nu but little nr no suit whatever defect of right tins ( may labor under in such cases is ami by the plenary power of the states vv unlimited control over lhe olocl ml i citizens whether ollicei sol this onvoi in orchard grass â€” this grass is worthy of being cultivated on account of its uncommon luxurience horses cows and aheep eat it readily nnd it is valuable on account of its excellent after-feed if affords un abundant crop springs early nnd grows fust makes excellent bay un i yields an abundance nf seed which s not easily sluilien out it ih ti hardy j;niss found highly useful in most loamy soils nnd thriving under tho shade of trees it comes early is soon matured nud continues green uut ' laie iu the season as clover does ifintendod for fodder it should be cut while young and tender â€” farmer's cabinet as the conflagration spread ita pyramidical arms nbove the steaming and muddy waters my situa tion wns almost insupportable yel i thanked prov i.lenne for my dolivereoc it was true 1 wns in a purgatory but liir mil s around me raged u hell at length ihe wind winch was blowing with vio loiiee remitted uud shortly afterwards died awav ; tin humes shot up in a vertical direction nnd my ' aching eyes were blessed with the appearance of the cloudy sky the tiro now burned with a ton dy roar for about five minutes when another breeze sent the flumes over the yellow lake i stooped until mv chin touched iho water to avoid the heal ; finally i ducked my bead underneath fur a second to cool it when the wind lulled and i with mt hand sluiced waior over iho head of mv groan ' ittfl horse tlie lire slackened nnd in nbout half nu hour ntter i had taken refuge in the perennial hike it biul burned nul uut the surface of the earth was calcined like n brick nnd loo hot lo be passed ovor by the foot of any animal if the rain dnl not fall i hud lhe uncomfortable prospect f spending many hours in mj present situation and with mt present company of reptiles who til though now at peace with their neighbors might boon recommence hostilities to iheni the subject may be safely cut 1 thoy who are particularly intereated ir a right so sacred shall nol bo abused i ilom of election bo impaired wa mn that states and the people of the st oonalituonts and superiors u,,l wo hm and that if the no|,t in question be ul freedom of election impaired it is tl we whi must mainly suffer and wh are the host judges of the evil mid ilu if lho policy uf lho stales demands impose whatever restraint hey plouso ral officers within iheir respective lim it guard ngninsl their control ur inline lions ; and if il bo necessary to divt tir.lv of the right of suffrage to 111 ; so much more interested nnd compel 311 ri.f,l.\ni.oi s extract from " ivarner arumltll or the advenluret if ii fit ult ." an adventure in trinidad remarks op mr calhoun of smith carol i mi on the llil lo in cent the inter f rime if certain federal qjficers in election 0 cnn toil please dirccl me in iho ruad iicrn u s iqquired i " certainly ," said brtimlow pass ibrough yonder canuco small plantation and then keep in ii iimtliward direction until you come to four re mttrkiihle palmists tree which grow in u row here â– cast your eyes across tho bavanna and vou will perceive u bluff point nfland â€” a spin of lhe north ern mounluins which terminates in the plains â€” ii ii the difficulty of the route commences you will have lo force your way through t lie fox-tail crass and lhe tusk rushes which will cover your self uud horse bul steer lit lho mountain in a di lect line for about three miles and a half nnd you will come out al lhe carony which you nttiy easi ly swim und got to st joseph i would howev er advise you to borrow or buy a cutlass as you may mett with snakes in the way i would lend you mine but i want it mysell having to survey : in the woods to-morrow you can buy a cutlass of any of the free people about hero 1 thanked him fur ins minute direction and ad vice we separated and i now entered a louse nmss of vegetation the liko of which i never bo hold the inundations of lhe carony the im mense fertility of the land and the intertropical t sun produced a growth of rushes each thicker than a man's arm and from fifteen to eighteen feet in height these grew so close that it was will great labor my horse could force his way through them the difficulty of our progress became so great thut recollecting brumlow's love for quiz ii / was about to return ; however i still pro ceeded at the rate of n mile nn hour huping every minute lo come to whom lho vegetation was less gigantic and dense having crossed from alia l.racia to essequibo 1 felt ashamed of turning buck ivtini a journey i four or five miles ; for 1 knew by the form of tho lulls of which i sometimes guf a glimpse that every laborious stop lhe horse made broujht me nearer fo st joseph the poor beast fnirly groaned under his exertion amid the tougji tusk-rushes which seemed lo grow taller and taller i now perceived with astonishment a great number of fallow-deer rush past me for those animals ne ver herd together in trinidad presently a quan tity of agoiileo indian ponies leaped past me tunning us though for their lives iu the same di rection yet 1 heard no dug bnrk nor uny sound of a chase an alco wild dug ur two nnd _Â» veral racoons bounded past hut seemed not in the pursuit of tbe agoutees again ns toy horse pro needed be pul bis hoof on a tortoise the slow an imal drew his shurt legs und small bead into its tough shell over which a wagon might have pass id without cracking il ; and no sooner was the horse's hoof ol tbo tortoise than be took his tar tly way in the same direction that tbo number of animals were going a hock of qiitink or mush bogs and several lapes now rushed by grunting anil squeaking presently a inrge liger cat follow ed by six r eight kittens ran pisl in ; and 1 now perceived n large boa constrictor gliding among ie rushes i grasped ut cutlass und demounted od.'lend myself from the enormous reptile ; but it passed on followed by several ntli't snakes it neither wished to attack nor uvuul me what ooukl all this mean ! was i in mv proper senses or were all the animals ofthe island ut peace with tac i other anl about to meet in grand coogreas ' ' remounted my horse who t my amazement mowed iii the track uf lho large boa nnd al though the poor hoist was pel id it plunged for rd usiiiir exertions winch astonished me until he atiimnl was covered will foiiin a breeze ihook the beads of the gigantic rushes wbal mold those roaring and cracking sounds mean â€” : "'' 1 hint smoke too .' gracious heavens ! the truth m w flashed on mv iiiiud â€” the savanna bud been et on fire ! y suspicion al unco pointed to smitlison and â– was rigiii in mv conjectures ns i afterwards nnd the flight of the various animals was al oace explained ; thev were nulnng from ihe do euring element hopes of escape amidst tins i'nin.'t.ki mass of inflammable vegetable matter 1 w nut ; yet i s n rr ,.,| nit horse it wt in i 1 i the poor animal seemed inslinctly lo know mvdanger before i did and plunged through lhe tmies with all the strength be was master of tu jloe the same r ont ba ||â€ž, r ,. ht f i tuutli',1 .. â€” i 00 good sloe i f the conflagration wind tn nnd crncks with n deafening sound in our r cuiniios s before wo gel from amongal these course rushes vve shall he reduced 10 cinders io ij seconds i closed my eyes on account of w sick winch rolled onward and win i neurit . il ii "|'| |( , i !>,!, -.,,!,! in on th wings hi wind luu mere tul providence i see a of deliverance bei ire mel the rushes e in sjxc and the ground becomes humid -"' ' ' **â– l.'v.lurillg oh i tit pursues us h'o vve el \ few i p it plunges of i'm i.,r.-el p 1 ' us into * muddy perrcnnial lake to whichl ''"â€¢ animals of the savanna bsd sped nr won-l w di.i g . f i ti ct wo be n live seconds later lluj b______________l ._______________________________â– mn cti.uoi \ stud : i belong mr president to that political chool which regards with n jealous eye the patronage of tlm government and believes that the less its patronage the better consistently with the ob jects for which ihe government was instituted thus thinking i have made no political move oi any impor tance ibr lhe inst twelve or thirteen years which had not lor its object directly or indirectly the reduction of patronage but notwithstanding this i cannot bring my mind to support tins bill decidedly ns i approve of iis object among other difficulties there is a consti tutional objection which i cannot surmount and which 1 shall without further remark proceed to into and consider and net on this subp-ot than wo ore i ing the decision as to what ought to i the application of the remedy kntort views i am forced lo the c inclusion ! is unconstitutional uud if there were i sun to oppose its passage would ho c vote against it bul llicro nro others sufficiently dec pel me to withhold my support worn i remove the constitutional objection restricting the patronage of tho presi tho hill bee uno a law it would if i greatly incrnuse his influence ho 1 almost unlimited potter of removing tl this government â€” u power the nbus bus been lhe subject of much und in of just complaint ou the part of lho which tho movor of this bill belongs oi but it wns calculated to increase undii i made my horse wade its way lo where stood the branchless trunk of an old crooked savanna tree winch being in the mid lie of tbo water had escaped burning i buckled the bridle to this tree while i went tn reconnoitre in order to asccrtuin where 1 could must conveiiienllv thrnvv water on the calcined earth to get room lor myself and horse on lorta firina until the rain or dows of evening should sufficiently cool the ground to allow our passing titer i had not left the horse a minute be fore it uttered a neigh of distress 1 grasped my cullass nnd ran lo us aid i lound that an emr ra.us inackuwell or boa constrictor of about twen ty-five feet in length hud caught the poor beast in ils fold ; Â» part of the reptile was knotted around the old tree and two coils wore about the beast the serpent had passed his body between the fore b"l.'s of the horse ami was in the net of seizing it bv the throat when u thrust from my cullnss pierced its eye and entered right into his bead â€” thu litry of the inackawell was now turned on me ; it elongated its body so that six or seven feet of its nock wore cleur of the horse which however it showed no disposition lo relinquish it raised its bend above me its double tongue quivered in its uioulli lhe jaws opened until they seemed to be dis located und it breathed on mo with ils infernal breath the odor of which is unlike aught else 1 ever smelt ll hesitated to lower ils head fi ir the attuck ; 1 stooped into tbe water it also stooped until judging it wit inn roach of my arm i ruse and made a cut nt it which divided its lower jaw the boa now turned from me ; i made n blow at the part which was culled round the tree and di vided the ail from the rest of ils body this seemed to lie a coup de grace ; it appeared to lose nil power ; ifs blooding head fell into tbe water and lhe poor horse uliere.l n note something be tvveen a snort and a groan at being relieved from the strangling convulsions of tho serpent although tbey wore still about it until 1 divided one of the noils near the saddle with my ctiuass and the rep tile's severed body fell writhing into the water a must welcome shower of ruin such as occurs occasionally in trinidad dining the dry seasnn now full ; the burning earth absorbed it while it bisscd and sent up clouds of sioaui 1 got my horse out of lie pool bul he wns too much ex hausted to carry me ; i therefore led him to ihe carony river where 1 bathed him and myself go ing into lhe water with my muddled clothes â€” crossing the carony 1 cume to the plantation of the worthy duron do , a gentleman born in grenada of noble french blood whose father took the right side ofthe civil war of that island â€” lhat is to say ihe side that was eventually successful when he that evening found that i was a country man of ins hospitality was warm in the extreme this was forlentito ; for my savanna adventure and tho broiling and slewing which i got in the muddy hike brought on a slight inflammatory lever which confined me to the house ofthe worthy duron for twelve iiuvh mv fin creole galloway took n cold and died two days after our escape from the fire this bill proposes to inflict the penalty of dis mission on a largo class of the officers of this go vernment who shall electioneer or nttempt to con trol i influence lhe election of public functionaries either of ibe general or so to governments with out distinguishing between iheir official and individ unl character ns citizens ; and the question is has congress the constitutional right to pass such n law that again involves a prior nnd still mure gene ral question : has ibis government the niltli irity to interfere with the electoral rights ol tbe citizens of the states ? my opinion chamber lo er and influence of that department of i nient now what is the remedy this i for thut evil i to put restrictions on tl power ? the very reverse to make us it is now the right of the president nnd iu discharging this high duly he i sole judge without limitation or appeal of ll.e occusod would ho exclusively i whether charged with the oll'encu of supporting his iiiluiintslrat.ui can t least conversant with parly morals or ' of the human licnrl doubt how the la executed ? is it not certain that it wc rigidly enforced against nil officers who in considering ibis general question i shall to sinne in the first place what nnnu will deny that it belongs to tbo slates separately lo determine who shall and who shall not exercise tbo right of suffrage ; und in the second mint it belongs to them in like manner to regulate that right ; that is lo pass all laws that may be necessary to secure ils free exercise on the nno hand and to prevent its abuse on iho other i next advance theji-oposi tion which no one iu the least conversant with our institutions or familiar with tho constitution will vet lure to question lhat as fiir as citizens are con cerned this right belongs solely to the slates to ihe entire exclusion of the general government which can in no wise touch or interfere with il without transcending ihe limits of the constitution thus fur there can be no difference nf opinion lint u citizen may lie also an officer of ibis fin vernnieiii which brings up lhe question has it the right to iniike it penal for idui to use lus official power to control or influence elections can it for instance make it penal iu a collector ur utlior officer who holds a bond in his official chnractor on a citizen lo threaten to enforce it if be should refuse to vote for his favorite candidate ? i regard this projkisitinn ns not less clear llinti the preceding whenever the government invests an individual with power which may bo used lo the injury of others or iho public it is manifest that il nol only has the right but that it is in duty bound lo prevent its abuse us far as practicable dill it must be borne in iiiind thai u citizen does not cense to bo one iu becoming n federal officer this govern ment must accordingly take special care in sub jecting him to penalties for the abuse of bis official powers lhat it does not interfere in any wise with his private rights as a citizen and which nro us has been slated under the exclusive control of iho sinles i'.'if no such care is taken either in this bill or iho substitute proposed by its author nei ther make any distinction whatever between lhe official und private acts of the officer as tl citizen i'be broadest and must comprehensive terms nro used comprehending ami subjecting nil acts tutu nut discrimination as tu character to the proposed penalty under its provisions if uu officer should express an opinion uf any candidate aay of u pre sident who was a candidate fur re-election whe ther favorable ur unfavorable or to whisper uu opinion relating lo his administration whether good or had he would subject himself tu the penalty of this hill as certainly a if ho bad brought tho whole of ins official tower lo bear directly on the free dotn of election that a bill containing such broad anil indiscriminate provisions transcends lho powers of congress and violates in tbe officer lho electoral rights of tho citizen hold under the au thority of lus slate und guarantied by thc provi sion ot'ibc constitution which secures the freedom of speech to till is loo clear after what has boon said to require additional illustration il cunnnt pass without ll.e enlarging tho power of tho go vernment hy the ubri.lguieiit of the rights of lhe citizen " liberty will not descend tn a people a people must raise themselves to liberty ; it is Â» blessing that must be earned before it can bo enjoyed thut nation cannot be free where reform is a common hack tint is dismissed with a kick lhe moment il hns brnught tbe rider lo bis pluce : â€” thut nation cannot be free where parties ure but 1 lit tent roads leading lo one common destination plunder that nation cannot be free where the rulers will nol fool for the people until they are obliged lo feel with the people aud then it is loo lain that nation cannot lie free thai is bought by its own consent ; and sold ugaiust it ; where the rnguc that is in rairs is kept in countenance by the rogue that is in ruffios and where from high to low from the lord lo the lackey there is nothing radical but corrup tion and nothing contemptible but poverty ; where bulb patriot snd placeman perceiving lhat money can do every thing are prepared in do every lliing for money thai nation cannot bo free where the leprosy of selfishness sticks to il as close ns the curso of i.lishi in ins servant gehazi ; where ru lers ask not what recotninonds u man but who ; and where those who want a rogue have no occa sion to make bul to choose i hope there is no nation like this under heaven but if there were these are the things thut however great she might be would keep such n nation from liberty and lib erty from her these are lhe things that would force upon such a nation â€” first a government of expedients ; secondly of difficulty ; and lastly of danger such a nation could begin to feel only by tearing all that she deserved and finish by suffer ing all thut she eared ture to oppose him either in tbe fede governments with i corresponding ind lenity towards those who supported hit gle view without prolonging the disc decide should there be u president nited virtue and patriotism ns to make i nation between friend and foe the la perfectly useless ; but if not it would i pretext ii.r indiscriminate roniovn of nl refuse lo become bis active and devote and it w uld thus prove either uselri than useless willi tho objeo.l which the mover of in view it seems lo me ho ought to tu opposite course and insteud of making of the president lo remove bo ought restrictions on tbe power of removal hi 11 entirely of it place the office their yourly salaries beyond the reai eculive power aud ihey would in a i us mule nnd inactive as this bill pro ihem their voice i promise wo scarcely raised ot elections or their found nt tbo polls lint suppose the immediate object ol complisli il and the office holders re fcclly silent and passive it might et doubled whether it would cnuso any d lho influence of patronage over election indeed greatly reduce the influence < holders tbey would become the mi cunt portion of tbo community as far were concerned hut just iu the sam as they might sink tho no less formidi office-seekers would rise in importance gle for power between lho ins and tho not abate in the least in violence or i thc silence nr inactivity of ihe olfico-lu amount of patronage tho slake cor would remain undiminished both si ami those out of power would turn fr ive nnd silent body of incumbents ai favor of the active corps that panted i hem ; aud tho result would bo an at of ibo former after cvory election to to reward in latter nnd thai on wht the sciilu pf victory might turn the i would be rotation with a vengeance would turn ruund witl such velocity th like a stable system of policy would be kuch temporary occupant lhat might into office hy the whirl would seize th iniiko the most of his good fortune bcfi he displaced by his successor end a such it might be culled would follow ruptiug i him unstable willi these decisive objections i car support tu tho bill ; but i wish it to b understood lhat in withholding it i nei nor modify uny sentiment i have expres lion lo ihe patronage of this govonunei looked over since the commencement the woes of human life arc relative the sailor springs from lus warm couch to climb the ; icy topmast at midnight with nil u murmur while the rich merchant ciunpluins nf tho rattling cart which disturbs his evening's repose in the time ! of peace we announce the breaking of a bono as i a ' melancholy event ' â€” but iu war when we read , ofthe slaughter of our neighbors and tbouaaqda of | the enemy wo clasp our hands and shout " glorious victury ?" tlie burning of moscow â€” in stephen's inci 1 lei s ul travel in turkey russia s_c is the fob j lowing paragraph relating lo tbe character of this extraordinary deed : " russia is nol classic ground il does not si.iinl boii.ro us covered vvuii great men's deeds a few centuries ugo il was overrun hy wandering tribes of barbarians bul what is there in those lands which stands forth nn ibe pages of history crowned wuh the glory of iheir ancient deeds ihal for extraordinary during for terrible sublimity nnd undaunted patriotism exceeds ibo burning of moscow neither marathon nor thermopylae nor ihe baffle ol lhe llo.utu nor the defence of ocles nor the devotion of the wecil can cqunl it mid when lime shall cover with ifs dun nn.l quiet glories ihet bold and extraordinary deed ihe burn ing of moscow will be regarded as outstripping all ihal we read nf grecian or roman patriotiam ami ihe name of ihe russian governor rostov un if it ho not io long a name to band down to posterity will never is forgotten a farmer's life and duties â€” if wo were ever envious it was of the fanner â€” lhe intelligent in dependent fanner who owned lus land his house and burns ; who was fiee from debt and whoso !;â€¢ in ilv wns growing up prosperously around bun wo havo seen such a farmer anil in truth wo â– know of no man so happy and no business so per manently profitable none thill makes tha owners so independent an independent farmer has his house to live in ; it is lus own he has earned it lit the labor of his own hands ho has his granaries lilted with tho production of bis farm his burns with the stuck reared niid the in raised upon his farm his cellars are tilled wuh the necessaries and luxuries of lite almost every thing necessii ry lo feed him snd lus family grows around him ii may raise bin own pork fatten and kdl his own sheep mt his own poultry and his own eggs live upon his own homemade bread weave bis own cloth raise his own wool kuil ins own stockings being a villiun lur what mailer is if if your j through the agency of his wife and daughters neighbor lies u a splendid tomb . sleep you with make uie own butler mid cheese â€” in short live innocence l...,k behind through the track .,! and dress comfortably without going dl ins own inn ! a mistdesurt lies open in retrospect j through holrastead this to no fiction and it is the foci ilns desert have your fathers journeyed ; wearied al the farmer i the most independent man in villi tears antl sorrows ihey sink from the walks i tbe community of man von musl leave them whore ihey full |Â»,,| j order fn ho happy nnd to mnke his life and vou nro lo go n little further whore you will useful is it ought to is in uiii-i is intelligent â€” i'm i etertml rest whatever you may have to en |,, possession of the means ol knowledge especislly counter between iho cradle and ibe gram every ihui kind of knowledge which relates lo ins own moment is big with innamerabit events which profession o must use the means whicb god dome not in succession bui bursting forcibly from m giv^n him io is happy hm -â€¢ if and contribute o revolving and unknown cause fly over tho orb to the peace and comfort of those mound in jus witb diversified influence â€” blair j co t himself ho will employ his evenings iu the lint it may be replied that those ure instances where the government has subjected its officers to penalties for acts nfn private character over which ibo constitution has given il no control such tin il'iiilitodly is be act and ils right to do so in the instances referred to in ihe discussion cannot lie donied ; but ull such cuses uro distinguished from thai under consideration by lines too lirnnd lo bo mistaken iu all of them lhe acts prohibited were in lho first place such as wore incompatible with tho official duties enjoined ; as ill the case of lho prohibition of commissaries to purchase or deal in j articles similar lo tin si ihal are made their official diiiv lo purchase in order lo prevent fraud on lho public and iu the next the acts prohibited in volved only civil rjghts belonging to the officer as a i individual and nu political rights which belong to hnn as a citizen tho former he may yield at l i-'ire without discredit or disgrnce bul thc lut [ tor ho cannot surrender without debasing himself and giving up a sacred trust vested in him hy thej stale of which he is a member for the common good ; nor can this government demand its surron der without transcending its powers and infringing mission lha report i made as chairman committee on the subject in 1839 and been so frequently referred to in debut on the opposite side of the chamber nothing which i would omit if i had nt it but much which limn and reflectiot dure me to add tn strengthen the groi assumed there is not a sentence in it ble with the views i huvc presented on occasion incompati i might here mr president termtn marks as far as this bill is concerned general question of patronage is at all t importance under our system of govet

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the western carolinian tin i'uwitits not ni'l.t'ti fl'itti to the i'mlitn states bv rill non i'uiiiiiiiitki bv it to tin srtrits auk rksbkved rn iiii i tuts it v on in i in pboi'lk amendments to the constitution article x b austin & c f fisher ) editors and proprietors ) s no xl of vol 3 \ no from commenceme1 salisbury n c march 21 18 terms of carolinian the western carolinian is published every thuds v at two dollars per annum il paid in advance or ','â– Â«,'. d iltara and fiftj cente if nol paid before the ex piration of three months f|o paper will be discontinued until all arrearages ' , i iri unless al the discretion of lhe editors and a failure to notify the l.litors of o wish to discontinue at the end of n yenr will be considered as a now bu rn nt advertisements will be conspicuously nnd correctly |, nt one dollar per square for lhe lir-i inserl and 25 cents lor each continuance court and judi ial advertisements will be charged 25 por cenl moro lhan ihesbuve price a deduction nt 3j per cenl from lhe regular prices will be made to yearly advertisers advertisements s"iit in liir publication musl have lhe number ol limes marked on them ot ibey will be inser ted till forbid nnd charged for accordingly letters addressed lo tho bditors on business must be .,,â€ž, jiniil or ihey will not he attended to ble culuric none attacked none seemed to fear an oilier i saw several poisonous snakes ihtil were overtaken l.v the flumes on the hunk of ihe pool turn r inn i and wuh stupid rage attempt to fight with lho lire a thev fell ii burn their extremi ties ihey erected iheir blender forms opened their vviilo jaws cloy led their baneful fangs and dinted ni the ll s in a few momenta they were reduced tn black cinders just in time â€” a young physician having tried in vain to gel into practice ut insi lull upon the fol lowing expedient t set till ball to rolling ho sprang upon bis horse onco n day and drove at full speed through lhe village after an absence l un hour he would return and carry with hi in some of lus instruments â€” thinking if he could im press ins neighbors ivith ihe opinion lhat he had practice they would begin lo place confidence in ins ability a who who inure lhan suspected he leceil which he was practising determined to know lhe truth he accordingly kept lus horse in readi ness and the next lime that ihe doctor galloped by his door sprang nn lus steed nnd placed hnn self un the young gentleman's trail tho doctor saw the man following at his heels but did not at first evince nny uneasiness at length however lie thought it advisable lo turn down a narrow lane the pursuer followed on like nn evil genius bul the doctor was not discouraged us another road lay a short distance ahead ofnim down which ho turned the other kep close ut his heols and the doctor grow iinpulie ... lo return home there wns no bouse by the way al which he could afford any pretext for stopping iu the mean lime ins sniltlio linos tvero with him and be was otherwise equipped for business so thai he could nol return iu ihe face of his noigl hor without exposing the secrets of ibe t rude in the most palpable in tinner every bound of lus stood carried him further from his home mid the shades of night began to fall on hill and tower slill the sound of horse's hoofs wore thundering in lus rear anil ho mis driven to lus wit's end ; but just ns ho turned lho tingle nl'.i wood be henrd u low moan a man lay prostrate near the fence of a meadow and blood gushed from a fearful wound in bis nnn he hu,l cut un artery with his scythe nnd was in danger of immediate dissolution the young doctor sprang fiom bis horse nnd stanched lhe wound liiiii.bices were nppliod and his life saved the pursuer had tils thrown himself from ins horse and us ibe physi cian lied lhe lust bandage he looked up in lus fine and said â€” " how lucky neighbor that 1 wns ut.le to arrive just in lime tho wondering spectator was silent with awe and after assisting the wounded man home he told such n miraculous tale to the wondering villagers as secured to t lie young physician a reputation not only or skill but also for super natural prescience thus did the merest accident contribute more lo his advancement than years nf studious toil could have done ; and the impertinent curiosity of a wag gish neighbor opened for him a path to business which the most influential patronage might never have been able to provide ibr him useful books and il supporter nf lb public pioss which brings at his door lie newspaper which gives him the history of the world such n far mer at this vvill fuiiii his duties o ins country and lus follow men and is the happiest and ibe moat independent among the best ui men lie impossible to distinguish between t ihe politicnl acts of ibe officer so s former to penal restraints without in i the latter mill ihal it would ui elle live tin admitted right of iho go punish its officers for tin nbuso of t powers it inny bo nu but little nr no suit whatever defect of right tins ( may labor under in such cases is ami by the plenary power of the states vv unlimited control over lhe olocl ml i citizens whether ollicei sol this onvoi in orchard grass â€” this grass is worthy of being cultivated on account of its uncommon luxurience horses cows and aheep eat it readily nnd it is valuable on account of its excellent after-feed if affords un abundant crop springs early nnd grows fust makes excellent bay un i yields an abundance nf seed which s not easily sluilien out it ih ti hardy j;niss found highly useful in most loamy soils nnd thriving under tho shade of trees it comes early is soon matured nud continues green uut ' laie iu the season as clover does ifintendod for fodder it should be cut while young and tender â€” farmer's cabinet as the conflagration spread ita pyramidical arms nbove the steaming and muddy waters my situa tion wns almost insupportable yel i thanked prov i.lenne for my dolivereoc it was true 1 wns in a purgatory but liir mil s around me raged u hell at length ihe wind winch was blowing with vio loiiee remitted uud shortly afterwards died awav ; tin humes shot up in a vertical direction nnd my ' aching eyes were blessed with the appearance of the cloudy sky the tiro now burned with a ton dy roar for about five minutes when another breeze sent the flumes over the yellow lake i stooped until mv chin touched iho water to avoid the heal ; finally i ducked my bead underneath fur a second to cool it when the wind lulled and i with mt hand sluiced waior over iho head of mv groan ' ittfl horse tlie lire slackened nnd in nbout half nu hour ntter i had taken refuge in the perennial hike it biul burned nul uut the surface of the earth was calcined like n brick nnd loo hot lo be passed ovor by the foot of any animal if the rain dnl not fall i hud lhe uncomfortable prospect f spending many hours in mj present situation and with mt present company of reptiles who til though now at peace with their neighbors might boon recommence hostilities to iheni the subject may be safely cut 1 thoy who are particularly intereated ir a right so sacred shall nol bo abused i ilom of election bo impaired wa mn that states and the people of the st oonalituonts and superiors u,,l wo hm and that if the no|,t in question be ul freedom of election impaired it is tl we whi must mainly suffer and wh are the host judges of the evil mid ilu if lho policy uf lho stales demands impose whatever restraint hey plouso ral officers within iheir respective lim it guard ngninsl their control ur inline lions ; and if il bo necessary to divt tir.lv of the right of suffrage to 111 ; so much more interested nnd compel 311 ri.f,l.\ni.oi s extract from " ivarner arumltll or the advenluret if ii fit ult ." an adventure in trinidad remarks op mr calhoun of smith carol i mi on the llil lo in cent the inter f rime if certain federal qjficers in election 0 cnn toil please dirccl me in iho ruad iicrn u s iqquired i " certainly ," said brtimlow pass ibrough yonder canuco small plantation and then keep in ii iimtliward direction until you come to four re mttrkiihle palmists tree which grow in u row here â– cast your eyes across tho bavanna and vou will perceive u bluff point nfland â€” a spin of lhe north ern mounluins which terminates in the plains â€” ii ii the difficulty of the route commences you will have lo force your way through t lie fox-tail crass and lhe tusk rushes which will cover your self uud horse bul steer lit lho mountain in a di lect line for about three miles and a half nnd you will come out al lhe carony which you nttiy easi ly swim und got to st joseph i would howev er advise you to borrow or buy a cutlass as you may mett with snakes in the way i would lend you mine but i want it mysell having to survey : in the woods to-morrow you can buy a cutlass of any of the free people about hero 1 thanked him fur ins minute direction and ad vice we separated and i now entered a louse nmss of vegetation the liko of which i never bo hold the inundations of lhe carony the im mense fertility of the land and the intertropical t sun produced a growth of rushes each thicker than a man's arm and from fifteen to eighteen feet in height these grew so close that it was will great labor my horse could force his way through them the difficulty of our progress became so great thut recollecting brumlow's love for quiz ii / was about to return ; however i still pro ceeded at the rate of n mile nn hour huping every minute lo come to whom lho vegetation was less gigantic and dense having crossed from alia l.racia to essequibo 1 felt ashamed of turning buck ivtini a journey i four or five miles ; for 1 knew by the form of tho lulls of which i sometimes guf a glimpse that every laborious stop lhe horse made broujht me nearer fo st joseph the poor beast fnirly groaned under his exertion amid the tougji tusk-rushes which seemed lo grow taller and taller i now perceived with astonishment a great number of fallow-deer rush past me for those animals ne ver herd together in trinidad presently a quan tity of agoiileo indian ponies leaped past me tunning us though for their lives iu the same di rection yet 1 heard no dug bnrk nor uny sound of a chase an alco wild dug ur two nnd _Â» veral racoons bounded past hut seemed not in the pursuit of tbe agoutees again ns toy horse pro needed be pul bis hoof on a tortoise the slow an imal drew his shurt legs und small bead into its tough shell over which a wagon might have pass id without cracking il ; and no sooner was the horse's hoof ol tbo tortoise than be took his tar tly way in the same direction that tbo number of animals were going a hock of qiitink or mush bogs and several lapes now rushed by grunting anil squeaking presently a inrge liger cat follow ed by six r eight kittens ran pisl in ; and 1 now perceived n large boa constrictor gliding among ie rushes i grasped ut cutlass und demounted od.'lend myself from the enormous reptile ; but it passed on followed by several ntli't snakes it neither wished to attack nor uvuul me what ooukl all this mean ! was i in mv proper senses or were all the animals ofthe island ut peace with tac i other anl about to meet in grand coogreas ' ' remounted my horse who t my amazement mowed iii the track uf lho large boa nnd al though the poor hoist was pel id it plunged for rd usiiiir exertions winch astonished me until he atiimnl was covered will foiiin a breeze ihook the beads of the gigantic rushes wbal mold those roaring and cracking sounds mean â€” : "'' 1 hint smoke too .' gracious heavens ! the truth m w flashed on mv iiiiud â€” the savanna bud been et on fire ! y suspicion al unco pointed to smitlison and â– was rigiii in mv conjectures ns i afterwards nnd the flight of the various animals was al oace explained ; thev were nulnng from ihe do euring element hopes of escape amidst tins i'nin.'t.ki mass of inflammable vegetable matter 1 w nut ; yet i s n rr ,.,| nit horse it wt in i 1 i the poor animal seemed inslinctly lo know mvdanger before i did and plunged through lhe tmies with all the strength be was master of tu jloe the same r ont ba ||â€ž, r ,. ht f i tuutli',1 .. â€” i 00 good sloe i f the conflagration wind tn nnd crncks with n deafening sound in our r cuiniios s before wo gel from amongal these course rushes vve shall he reduced 10 cinders io ij seconds i closed my eyes on account of w sick winch rolled onward and win i neurit . il ii "|'| |( , i !>,!, -.,,!,! in on th wings hi wind luu mere tul providence i see a of deliverance bei ire mel the rushes e in sjxc and the ground becomes humid -"' ' ' **â– l.'v.lurillg oh i tit pursues us h'o vve el \ few i p it plunges of i'm i.,r.-el p 1 ' us into * muddy perrcnnial lake to whichl ''"â€¢ animals of the savanna bsd sped nr won-l w di.i g . f i ti ct wo be n live seconds later lluj b______________l ._______________________________â– mn cti.uoi \ stud : i belong mr president to that political chool which regards with n jealous eye the patronage of tlm government and believes that the less its patronage the better consistently with the ob jects for which ihe government was instituted thus thinking i have made no political move oi any impor tance ibr lhe inst twelve or thirteen years which had not lor its object directly or indirectly the reduction of patronage but notwithstanding this i cannot bring my mind to support tins bill decidedly ns i approve of iis object among other difficulties there is a consti tutional objection which i cannot surmount and which 1 shall without further remark proceed to into and consider and net on this subp-ot than wo ore i ing the decision as to what ought to i the application of the remedy kntort views i am forced lo the c inclusion ! is unconstitutional uud if there were i sun to oppose its passage would ho c vote against it bul llicro nro others sufficiently dec pel me to withhold my support worn i remove the constitutional objection restricting the patronage of tho presi tho hill bee uno a law it would if i greatly incrnuse his influence ho 1 almost unlimited potter of removing tl this government â€” u power the nbus bus been lhe subject of much und in of just complaint ou the part of lho which tho movor of this bill belongs oi but it wns calculated to increase undii i made my horse wade its way lo where stood the branchless trunk of an old crooked savanna tree winch being in the mid lie of tbo water had escaped burning i buckled the bridle to this tree while i went tn reconnoitre in order to asccrtuin where 1 could must conveiiienllv thrnvv water on the calcined earth to get room lor myself and horse on lorta firina until the rain or dows of evening should sufficiently cool the ground to allow our passing titer i had not left the horse a minute be fore it uttered a neigh of distress 1 grasped my cullass nnd ran lo us aid i lound that an emr ra.us inackuwell or boa constrictor of about twen ty-five feet in length hud caught the poor beast in ils fold ; Â» part of the reptile was knotted around the old tree and two coils wore about the beast the serpent had passed his body between the fore b"l.'s of the horse ami was in the net of seizing it bv the throat when u thrust from my cullnss pierced its eye and entered right into his bead â€” thu litry of the inackawell was now turned on me ; it elongated its body so that six or seven feet of its nock wore cleur of the horse which however it showed no disposition lo relinquish it raised its bend above me its double tongue quivered in its uioulli lhe jaws opened until they seemed to be dis located und it breathed on mo with ils infernal breath the odor of which is unlike aught else 1 ever smelt ll hesitated to lower ils head fi ir the attuck ; 1 stooped into tbe water it also stooped until judging it wit inn roach of my arm i ruse and made a cut nt it which divided its lower jaw the boa now turned from me ; i made n blow at the part which was culled round the tree and di vided the ail from the rest of ils body this seemed to lie a coup de grace ; it appeared to lose nil power ; ifs blooding head fell into tbe water and lhe poor horse uliere.l n note something be tvveen a snort and a groan at being relieved from the strangling convulsions of tho serpent although tbey wore still about it until 1 divided one of the noils near the saddle with my ctiuass and the rep tile's severed body fell writhing into the water a must welcome shower of ruin such as occurs occasionally in trinidad dining the dry seasnn now full ; the burning earth absorbed it while it bisscd and sent up clouds of sioaui 1 got my horse out of lie pool bul he wns too much ex hausted to carry me ; i therefore led him to ihe carony river where 1 bathed him and myself go ing into lhe water with my muddled clothes â€” crossing the carony 1 cume to the plantation of the worthy duron do , a gentleman born in grenada of noble french blood whose father took the right side ofthe civil war of that island â€” lhat is to say ihe side that was eventually successful when he that evening found that i was a country man of ins hospitality was warm in the extreme this was forlentito ; for my savanna adventure and tho broiling and slewing which i got in the muddy hike brought on a slight inflammatory lever which confined me to the house ofthe worthy duron for twelve iiuvh mv fin creole galloway took n cold and died two days after our escape from the fire this bill proposes to inflict the penalty of dis mission on a largo class of the officers of this go vernment who shall electioneer or nttempt to con trol i influence lhe election of public functionaries either of ibe general or so to governments with out distinguishing between iheir official and individ unl character ns citizens ; and the question is has congress the constitutional right to pass such n law that again involves a prior nnd still mure gene ral question : has ibis government the niltli irity to interfere with the electoral rights ol tbe citizens of the states ? my opinion chamber lo er and influence of that department of i nient now what is the remedy this i for thut evil i to put restrictions on tl power ? the very reverse to make us it is now the right of the president nnd iu discharging this high duly he i sole judge without limitation or appeal of ll.e occusod would ho exclusively i whether charged with the oll'encu of supporting his iiiluiintslrat.ui can t least conversant with parly morals or ' of the human licnrl doubt how the la executed ? is it not certain that it wc rigidly enforced against nil officers who in considering ibis general question i shall to sinne in the first place what nnnu will deny that it belongs to tbo slates separately lo determine who shall and who shall not exercise tbo right of suffrage ; und in the second mint it belongs to them in like manner to regulate that right ; that is lo pass all laws that may be necessary to secure ils free exercise on the nno hand and to prevent its abuse on iho other i next advance theji-oposi tion which no one iu the least conversant with our institutions or familiar with tho constitution will vet lure to question lhat as fiir as citizens are con cerned this right belongs solely to the slates to ihe entire exclusion of the general government which can in no wise touch or interfere with il without transcending ihe limits of the constitution thus fur there can be no difference nf opinion lint u citizen may lie also an officer of ibis fin vernnieiii which brings up lhe question has it the right to iniike it penal for idui to use lus official power to control or influence elections can it for instance make it penal iu a collector ur utlior officer who holds a bond in his official chnractor on a citizen lo threaten to enforce it if be should refuse to vote for his favorite candidate ? i regard this projkisitinn ns not less clear llinti the preceding whenever the government invests an individual with power which may bo used lo the injury of others or iho public it is manifest that il nol only has the right but that it is in duty bound lo prevent its abuse us far as practicable dill it must be borne in iiiind thai u citizen does not cense to bo one iu becoming n federal officer this govern ment must accordingly take special care in sub jecting him to penalties for the abuse of bis official powers lhat it does not interfere in any wise with his private rights as a citizen and which nro us has been slated under the exclusive control of iho sinles i'.'if no such care is taken either in this bill or iho substitute proposed by its author nei ther make any distinction whatever between lhe official und private acts of the officer as tl citizen i'be broadest and must comprehensive terms nro used comprehending ami subjecting nil acts tutu nut discrimination as tu character to the proposed penalty under its provisions if uu officer should express an opinion uf any candidate aay of u pre sident who was a candidate fur re-election whe ther favorable ur unfavorable or to whisper uu opinion relating lo his administration whether good or had he would subject himself tu the penalty of this hill as certainly a if ho bad brought tho whole of ins official tower lo bear directly on the free dotn of election that a bill containing such broad anil indiscriminate provisions transcends lho powers of congress and violates in tbe officer lho electoral rights of tho citizen hold under the au thority of lus slate und guarantied by thc provi sion ot'ibc constitution which secures the freedom of speech to till is loo clear after what has boon said to require additional illustration il cunnnt pass without ll.e enlarging tho power of tho go vernment hy the ubri.lguieiit of the rights of lhe citizen " liberty will not descend tn a people a people must raise themselves to liberty ; it is Â» blessing that must be earned before it can bo enjoyed thut nation cannot be free where reform is a common hack tint is dismissed with a kick lhe moment il hns brnught tbe rider lo bis pluce : â€” thut nation cannot be free where parties ure but 1 lit tent roads leading lo one common destination plunder that nation cannot be free where the rulers will nol fool for the people until they are obliged lo feel with the people aud then it is loo lain that nation cannot lie free thai is bought by its own consent ; and sold ugaiust it ; where the rnguc that is in rairs is kept in countenance by the rogue that is in ruffios and where from high to low from the lord lo the lackey there is nothing radical but corrup tion and nothing contemptible but poverty ; where bulb patriot snd placeman perceiving lhat money can do every thing are prepared in do every lliing for money thai nation cannot bo free where the leprosy of selfishness sticks to il as close ns the curso of i.lishi in ins servant gehazi ; where ru lers ask not what recotninonds u man but who ; and where those who want a rogue have no occa sion to make bul to choose i hope there is no nation like this under heaven but if there were these are the things thut however great she might be would keep such n nation from liberty and lib erty from her these are lhe things that would force upon such a nation â€” first a government of expedients ; secondly of difficulty ; and lastly of danger such a nation could begin to feel only by tearing all that she deserved and finish by suffer ing all thut she eared ture to oppose him either in tbe fede governments with i corresponding ind lenity towards those who supported hit gle view without prolonging the disc decide should there be u president nited virtue and patriotism ns to make i nation between friend and foe the la perfectly useless ; but if not it would i pretext ii.r indiscriminate roniovn of nl refuse lo become bis active and devote and it w uld thus prove either uselri than useless willi tho objeo.l which the mover of in view it seems lo me ho ought to tu opposite course and insteud of making of the president lo remove bo ought restrictions on tbe power of removal hi 11 entirely of it place the office their yourly salaries beyond the reai eculive power aud ihey would in a i us mule nnd inactive as this bill pro ihem their voice i promise wo scarcely raised ot elections or their found nt tbo polls lint suppose the immediate object ol complisli il and the office holders re fcclly silent and passive it might et doubled whether it would cnuso any d lho influence of patronage over election indeed greatly reduce the influence < holders tbey would become the mi cunt portion of tbo community as far were concerned hut just iu the sam as they might sink tho no less formidi office-seekers would rise in importance gle for power between lho ins and tho not abate in the least in violence or i thc silence nr inactivity of ihe olfico-lu amount of patronage tho slake cor would remain undiminished both si ami those out of power would turn fr ive nnd silent body of incumbents ai favor of the active corps that panted i hem ; aud tho result would bo an at of ibo former after cvory election to to reward in latter nnd thai on wht the sciilu pf victory might turn the i would be rotation with a vengeance would turn ruund witl such velocity th like a stable system of policy would be kuch temporary occupant lhat might into office hy the whirl would seize th iniiko the most of his good fortune bcfi he displaced by his successor end a such it might be culled would follow ruptiug i him unstable willi these decisive objections i car support tu tho bill ; but i wish it to b understood lhat in withholding it i nei nor modify uny sentiment i have expres lion lo ihe patronage of this govonunei looked over since the commencement the woes of human life arc relative the sailor springs from lus warm couch to climb the ; icy topmast at midnight with nil u murmur while the rich merchant ciunpluins nf tho rattling cart which disturbs his evening's repose in the time ! of peace we announce the breaking of a bono as i a ' melancholy event ' â€” but iu war when we read , ofthe slaughter of our neighbors and tbouaaqda of | the enemy wo clasp our hands and shout " glorious victury ?" tlie burning of moscow â€” in stephen's inci 1 lei s ul travel in turkey russia s_c is the fob j lowing paragraph relating lo tbe character of this extraordinary deed : " russia is nol classic ground il does not si.iinl boii.ro us covered vvuii great men's deeds a few centuries ugo il was overrun hy wandering tribes of barbarians bul what is there in those lands which stands forth nn ibe pages of history crowned wuh the glory of iheir ancient deeds ihal for extraordinary during for terrible sublimity nnd undaunted patriotism exceeds ibo burning of moscow neither marathon nor thermopylae nor ihe baffle ol lhe llo.utu nor the defence of ocles nor the devotion of the wecil can cqunl it mid when lime shall cover with ifs dun nn.l quiet glories ihet bold and extraordinary deed ihe burn ing of moscow will be regarded as outstripping all ihal we read nf grecian or roman patriotiam ami ihe name of ihe russian governor rostov un if it ho not io long a name to band down to posterity will never is forgotten a farmer's life and duties â€” if wo were ever envious it was of the fanner â€” lhe intelligent in dependent fanner who owned lus land his house and burns ; who was fiee from debt and whoso !;â€¢ in ilv wns growing up prosperously around bun wo havo seen such a farmer anil in truth wo â– know of no man so happy and no business so per manently profitable none thill makes tha owners so independent an independent farmer has his house to live in ; it is lus own he has earned it lit the labor of his own hands ho has his granaries lilted with tho production of bis farm his burns with the stuck reared niid the in raised upon his farm his cellars are tilled wuh the necessaries and luxuries of lite almost every thing necessii ry lo feed him snd lus family grows around him ii may raise bin own pork fatten and kdl his own sheep mt his own poultry and his own eggs live upon his own homemade bread weave bis own cloth raise his own wool kuil ins own stockings being a villiun lur what mailer is if if your j through the agency of his wife and daughters neighbor lies u a splendid tomb . sleep you with make uie own butler mid cheese â€” in short live innocence l...,k behind through the track .,! and dress comfortably without going dl ins own inn ! a mistdesurt lies open in retrospect j through holrastead this to no fiction and it is the foci ilns desert have your fathers journeyed ; wearied al the farmer i the most independent man in villi tears antl sorrows ihey sink from the walks i tbe community of man von musl leave them whore ihey full |Â»,,| j order fn ho happy nnd to mnke his life and vou nro lo go n little further whore you will useful is it ought to is in uiii-i is intelligent â€” i'm i etertml rest whatever you may have to en |,, possession of the means ol knowledge especislly counter between iho cradle and ibe gram every ihui kind of knowledge which relates lo ins own moment is big with innamerabit events which profession o must use the means whicb god dome not in succession bui bursting forcibly from m giv^n him io is happy hm -â€¢ if and contribute o revolving and unknown cause fly over tho orb to the peace and comfort of those mound in jus witb diversified influence â€” blair j co t himself ho will employ his evenings iu the lint it may be replied that those ure instances where the government has subjected its officers to penalties for acts nfn private character over which ibo constitution has given il no control such tin il'iiilitodly is be act and ils right to do so in the instances referred to in ihe discussion cannot lie donied ; but ull such cuses uro distinguished from thai under consideration by lines too lirnnd lo bo mistaken iu all of them lhe acts prohibited were in lho first place such as wore incompatible with tho official duties enjoined ; as ill the case of lho prohibition of commissaries to purchase or deal in j articles similar lo tin si ihal are made their official diiiv lo purchase in order lo prevent fraud on lho public and iu the next the acts prohibited in volved only civil rjghts belonging to the officer as a i individual and nu political rights which belong to hnn as a citizen tho former he may yield at l i-'ire without discredit or disgrnce bul thc lut [ tor ho cannot surrender without debasing himself and giving up a sacred trust vested in him hy thej stale of which he is a member for the common good ; nor can this government demand its surron der without transcending its powers and infringing mission lha report i made as chairman committee on the subject in 1839 and been so frequently referred to in debut on the opposite side of the chamber nothing which i would omit if i had nt it but much which limn and reflectiot dure me to add tn strengthen the groi assumed there is not a sentence in it ble with the views i huvc presented on occasion incompati i might here mr president termtn marks as far as this bill is concerned general question of patronage is at all t importance under our system of govet